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Postcard from Durban: Greener football and tree-preneurs
No commentsBusisiwe Ndlela was radiant when I met her yesterday. Just this month, and with money she earned selling tiny trees, she has bought a new cupboard and an electric stove and she is proud as can be. I met this 60-year old mother of seven on the outskirts of Durban, South Africa where she and hundreds [...]
»Rural women strike back!
No commentsFor women in rural areas, life can be especially tough. Tired of suffering in silence, rural women from across southern Africa, and many from further away, gathered outside the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Centre in Durban to make their voices heard during the COP17 climate change conference.
»Calls for a fair share of finance to help women feed Africa
1 commentThe simple act of getting more money into the hand of the women farmers of Africa could give a big boost to food production and efforts to adapt to climate change, say nongovernmental organisations.
»African women farmers demand climate justice
No commentsAs Governments of the world assemble to discuss a way to slow down the pace of climate change, 1000 women farmers across Africa engaged in a peaceful protest to add their voices to the growing cry for climate justice.
»A Nigerian quest for better use of wood fuel
2 commentsUgochi Anyaka reports on the health effects that people suffer when the burn wood as fuel in their homes – and how tackling this problem can help to limit climate change too.
»Making forest-climate plans gender friendly
2 commentsWomen depend so much on the forest for livelihood. They are also among the most vulnerable to impacts of climate change. This feature advocates for gender mainstreaming in the REDD mechanism. Ugochi Anyaka reports on this.
»Aid or Insurance for Africa’s farmers?
No commentsFarmers in Africa suffer when there is extreme weather which scientists say is the effect of climate change. At the UN climate change talks in Cancun, Mexico, most delegates believe giving aid to these farmers is the best way to help them. But some private companies are discussing other options. Winifred Onyimbo reports from the talks in Cancun on how small farmers in places like Kenya could benefit from being insured against extreme weather conditions such as droughts.
»Mexico’s Mayans blaze trail for forest protection scheme
No commentsForest conservation by communities is a long-standing practice in Mexico and could serve as a model for a system to protect forests in the name of climate change.
»Gender blindness of climate-change forest plans
No commentsInternational organisations have teamed up to call for greater recognition of women’s rights in initiatives that aim to tackle climate change by limiting deforestation.
»Women Feel the Impact of Climate Change
No commentsRural women in developing countries are faced by huge climate change-related challenges yet very little is being done to make sure that they are part of the discussion process.
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